09-21-2020, 03:11 PM
(09-21-2020, 02:56 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Here's the thing. I agree that protesting outside a polling station isn't cool. It's not something I would do. I also think protesting outside someone's private residence is far more intimidating and out of line than protesting a legal distance away from a polling location. So it's the naked hypocrisy of lambasting the former while being absolutely fine with the latter that bothers me.
(09-21-2020, 03:04 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: They don't bother me either as long as they don't obstruct traffic. I have a real issue with protesting outside someone's private residence and Bel and I have gone back and forth on that issue quite a lot. I realize it's legal but it's completely effed up to do. Same with harassing people in public. I think Ted Cruz is an awful person, but what happened to him at that restaurant was not cool at all.
I get your position, but I see the two (protesting outside a polling place and protesting at a private residence) as a false equivalency. A public official with constituents outside their residence protesting is a different thing than protesters at a polling place potentially preventing people from voting.
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